Sinclair McKay

Auteur de The Secret Life of Bletchley Park: The WWII Codebreaking Centre and the Men and Women Who Worked There

30 oeuvres 1,717 utilisateurs 61 critiques

A propos de l'auteur

Sinclair McKay is a features writer for The Telegraph and The Mail on Sunday. He is also the acclaimed author of the bestselling The Secret Life of Bletchley Park.

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The Secret Life of Bletchley Park: The WWII Codebreaking Centre and the Men and Women Who Worked There (2010) 675 exemplaires

The Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945 (2020) 193 exemplaires

Bletchley Park Brainteasers (2017) 138 exemplaires

The Secret Listeners: The Men and Women Posted Across the World to Intercept the German Codes for Bletchley Park (2012) 109 exemplaires

Berlin: Life and Loss in the City That Shaped the Century (2022) 99 exemplaires

The Lost World of Bletchley Park (2013) 82 exemplaires

The Lady in the Cellar: Murder, Scandal and Insanity in Victorian Bloomsbury (2018) 71 exemplaires

The Mile End Murder: The Case Conan Doyle Couldn't Solve (2017) 53 exemplaires

Bletchley Park: The Secret Archives (2016) 36 exemplaires

The Man With the Golden Touch: How The Bond Films Conquered the World (2008) 34 exemplaires

A Thing of Unspeakable Horror: The History of Hammer Films (2007) 26 exemplaires

Secret Service Brainteasers (2018) 25 exemplaires

The Secret Life of Fighter Command: The men and women who beat the Luftwaffe (2015) 23 exemplaires

The Spies of Winter: The GCHQ codebreakers who fought the Cold War (2016) 23 exemplaires

Ramble on (1709) 22 exemplaires

Secret Britain: A journey through the Second World War's hidden bases and battlegrounds (2021) 19 exemplaires

The Scotland Yard Puzzle Book: Crime Scenes, Conundrums and Whodunnits to test your inner detective (2019) 19 exemplaires

Dunkirk: From Disaster to Deliverance - Testimonies of the Last Survivors (1842) 16 exemplaires

Secret Agent Brainteasers: More Than 100 Codebreaking Puzzles Inspired by Britain's Espionage Masterminds (2019) 11 exemplaires

The Scotland Yard Puzzle Book: Test Your Inner Detective by Solving Some of the World's Most Difficult Cases (2020) 10 exemplaires

50 Codes that Changed the World (2022) 8 exemplaires

The Hidden History of Code Breaking: The Secret World of Cyphers, Uncrackable Codes, and Elusive Encryptions (2023) 7 exemplaires

Meeting Churchill (2023) 5 exemplaires

The Tower of London Puzzle Book (Puzzle Books) (2020) 3 exemplaires

Dresden (1968) 3 exemplaires

100 People You Never Knew Were at Bletchley Park (2021) 2 exemplaires

Dresden 1945 - Ilden og mørket (2020) 2 exemplaires

Bletchley Park and Secret Service Brainteasers 1 exemplaire

Dresden. Leegid ja pimedus : Dresdeni pommitamine, 1945 (2020) 1 exemplaire

Vuur en duisternis 1 exemplaire

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A lire (129) Allemagne (18) Angleterre (19) Armée (12) BAB (8) Berlin (6) Biographie (8) Bletchley (7) Bletchley Park (36) Britannique (9) Casse-tête (17) Cinéma (12) codebreaking (27) codes (11) Crime proprement dit (11) Cryptologie (31) Dresde (13) Enigma (10) Espionnage (17) Grande-Bretagne (9) Grande-Bretagne (14) Guerre (13) Histoire (184) Histoire britannique (12) Histoire de l'Europe (7) Histoire militaire (18) Horreur (7) Intelligence (13) Kindle (14) Livre électronique (17) Londres (9) Lu (7) lu en 2014 (7) Marche (7) Mathématiques (6) Non lu (8) non-fiction (112) Seconde Guerre mondiale (188) Spies (7) XXe siècle (10)

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Date de naissance: 20th c.
Sexe: male
Nationalité: UK
Lieux de résidence: London, England, UK
Professions: journalist

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The Secret Lives of Codebreakers: The Men and Women… par Sinclair McKay

excellent book, carefully describes the people, work and environment of Bletchley Park in the late 30's

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chsread | 26 autres critiques | Jan 28, 2024 |

Ramble on par Sinclair McKay

I only got partway into this and then I lost interest.

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karenchase | 2 autres critiques | Jun 14, 2023 |

The Mile End Murder: The Case Conan Doyle Couldn't… par Sinclair McKay

I fear the popularity of this book may suffer from poor publicity. The silhouette of Conan Doyle on the cover and subtitle "The case that Conan Doyle couldn't solve!" is misleading - Doyle's involvement throughout this novel is minimal and has no bearing on this true crime novel.

I found the extreme attention to historical detail stifling at times. Halfway through the book and we hadn't even made it to trial yet!!! Whilst no doubt exceptionally well researched and accurate I wish it had been confined to a page or two and not pages upon pages spent on tangential links to the key players...

For lovers of historical crime novels - this is for you.....… (plus d'informations)

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MerrylT | 1 autre critique | May 18, 2023 |

The Lady in the Cellar: Murder, Scandal and Insanity… par Sinclair McKay

Whilst well-researched and well written this novel felt it was written by someone who has done too much research and wants to use it all……

I like my true crime books, to be just that - the crime and a bit of historical background for context but not so much that you’re skipping through paragraphs about extraneous information.

I did like that the author took a position on the crime.

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MerrylT | 6 autres critiques | May 18, 2023 |

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